The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh

Re:The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh by phil21 on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:05PM (#43374846)

I’m convinced nearly every problem in the modern US economy boils down to a principle agent problem in the end.

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Re:The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh by namaria on Sunday March 16, 2025 @07:42AM (#43378255)

I think you mean principal

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Re:The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh by dragonwriter on Sunday March 16, 2025 @04:53PM (#43382206)

Properly its neither a "principle agent problem" nor a "principal agent problem" but a "principal-agent problem" (that is, the problem is a conflict between the principal and the agent [both nouns] nominally acting on behalf of that principal, not a problem with the principal [adjective] agent [noun].)

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Re:The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh by namaria on Sunday March 16, 2025 @07:55PM (#43383779)

That's still two words and only one was wrong. Hyphenation is not mandatory, there is no formal description of a "problem with the principal [adjective] agent [noun]" to be disambiguated from.

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